Problems continue to come up in the development of winter roads this year.
A few days into February and winter roads to 7 of 20 remote communities are still not open, and some of the ones that are open have reduced loading until ice thickens enough.
In most years all the roads are open by late December or early January.
The province says the environment has resulted in less than ideal conditions for the development of ice based activities. They expect the remaining roads to open in the next 2 weeks.